Attending to the exploration side of infant attachment: Contributions from self-determination theory

Canadian Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 219-229

  Whipple, Natasha ^a   Bernier, Annie ^a   Mageau, Geneviève A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment security; Exploratory behaviour; Infancy; Parental autonomy support

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649128545     PISSN: 07085591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016322     Document Type: Article

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